SOLUTION: how many ways can a student select 2 electives from a possible choice of 10 electives?

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Question 657841: how many ways can a student select 2 electives from a possible choice of 10 electives?
Answer by pv=nrt15rcks(23) About Me  (Show Source):
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You take the possible number of choices, in this case 10, and you multiply it by the number of places, in this case,2, subtracting 1 from the possible number of choices each time. So, your set up would look like 10*9 to get the answer of 90.